Re: DAVEM TPF Grant#3 January 2026 report

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 6:34 AM, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> During January, I finished working on another tranche of ExtUtils::ParseXS
> fixups, this time focussing on:
> 
> - adding and rewording warning and error messages, and adding new tests
>   for  them;
> 
> - improving test coverage: all XS keywords have tests now;
> 
> - reorganising the test infrastructure: deleting obsolete test files,
>   renaming the t/*.t files to a more consistent format; splitting a large
>   test file; modernising tests;
> 
> - refactoring and improving the length(str) pseudo-parameter
>   implementation.
> 
> I also started work on my annual "get './TEST -deparse' working again"
> campaign. This option runs all the test suite files through a round trip
> in the deparser before running them. Over the course of the year
> we invariably accumulate new breakage; sometimes this involves fixing
> Deparse.pm, and sometimes just back-listing the test file as it is now
> tickling an already known issue in the deparser.
> 
> I also worked on a couple of bugs.
> 
> SUMMARY:
>       0:53 GH #13878 COW speedup lost after e8c6a474
>       4:05 GH #24110 ExtUtils::ParseXS after 5.51 prevents some XS modules to build
>      12:14 fix up Deparse breakage
>      26:12 improve Extutils::ParseXS
>     ------
>      43:24 TOTAL (HH::MM)

Thanks Dave, +1 from me!

https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/maintaining_perl_dave_mitchell_january_2026

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)